"Auntie, what's going on with you and Qiu Yue?"

Walking with Lin Lan to a secluded courtyard in the palace, Li Aotian asked curiously.

"What else is going on, you heard it just now, she was originally a child of my Lin family, because she had some conflicts with her family in her early years, so she ran away from home, secretly ran away to the northwest of the continent alone, and became an elder of the True Thunder Sect. ”

Lin Lan explained with a wry smile.

"Lin family, forgive me for being lonely and unheard, which Lin family is the Lin family you are in, it doesn't seem to be among the top ten families in my Guhua Continent. ”

Li Aotian said with a little embarrassment.

"Of course it is not among the top ten families, my Lin family is just an ordinary first-class family in the middle of this continent, and it is very rare to pass on to this generation, and it is not too famous. ”

"By the way, Aotian, have you ever heard of Wood Spirit City?"

Lin Lan changed the topic.

"Wood Spirit City, it's a little familiar, it seems to be a first-class cultivation city in the middle of this continent, I heard that it mainly sells all kinds of spirit herbs and elixirs, why did my aunt suddenly ask this?"

Li Aotian was a little puzzled.

"Because my Lin family is in Wood Spirit City, and they are also one of the five major families in Wood Spirit City. ”

Lin Lan explained with a smile.

"Oh, then it seems that the power of your Lin family is not small, I heard that the prosperity of Wood Spirit City is not below this Feiyun City at all, especially the trade of spirit grass elixir and elixir, it is not too much to say that it is the best in this Guhua Continent. ”

Li Aotian smiled and complimented.

"If it was before, you were right to say that, but in recent years, my Lin family's status in Wood Spirit City has plummeted, and it can be said that it has fallen to the extreme, if it weren't for that, before you came, our family would not have suffered all the trouble in this palace. ”

Lin Lan shook her head bitterly and said.

"Aunt told me this, could it be related to Qiuyue?"

Li Aotian guessed to himself.

"It's not just related to her, it's not a small relationship with her, this girl's real name is not Qiuyue, but Lin Qiuning, and she is the current head of the Lin family, that is, the only daughter of my eldest brother. ”

"My Lin family is different from the other four major families in Wood Spirit City, the other four families are all native families of Wood Spirit City, and they can be said to be deeply rooted in Wood Spirit City, while my Lin family migrated to Wood Spirit City more than two thousand years ago. ”

"You may not know much about Wood Spirit City, Wood Spirit City mainly sells all kinds of spirit herbs and elixirs and finished pills, and nearly eighty percent of the pill business in the city is controlled by the hands of the five major families. ”

"In the past, nearly eighty percent of the pill business in Wood Spirit City, my Lin family monopolized nearly thirty percent, and it can be said that it is a well-deserved number one family in Wood Spirit City, but then some changes occurred in the clan, and since then, my Lin family has been in a slump and has declined to this day. ”

Speaking of her family's past, Lin Lan looked a little sad.

"I still don't quite understand, aunt, you have told me so much, what exactly is it with Qiuyue... No, it should be called Qiu Ning now, what does it have to do with her?"

Li Aotian said a little confused.

"It's... Originally, this matter involved the lifeblood of my Lin family, and I can't say it casually to outsiders, but Aotian, you are not an outsider, and my Lin family is like this now, so it doesn't hurt to talk to you. ”

"Aotian, I heard that you are also involved in the way of alchemy, you should know what is the most important thing in alchemy, right?"

After Lin Lan thought about it, the topic changed.

"That's natural, even cultivators who are not very familiar with the way of alchemy know that the most important thing in alchemy is nothing more than three points, which are the Dan formula, the materials required for alchemy, and the alchemist. ”

Li Aotian replied without thinking.

"You're right, then do you know which of these three points is the most important for a family like my Lin family, which mainly relies on selling pills?"

Lin Lan then asked.

"It's... Although I have dabbled in the way of pills, I am not proficient in the way of business, purely from the perspective of an alchemist, I think the Danfang is the most important, after all, without the Danfang, everything is empty talk. “

Although I don't know why Lin Lan said so much, Li Aotian still said his opinion.

"You're not right, for a family like my Lin family, Dan Fang and alchemists are important, but these can be obtained through strong financial resources, no Dan Fang can be purchased at a high price, and no alchemist can cultivate or hire at a high price. ”

"Only the materials required for this alchemy, to put it bluntly, are the spirit grass elixir that is the most rare. ”

Lin Lan explained with a smile.

"Then our differences of opinion are quite big, my aunt and I think the opposite, in my opinion, the spirit herb elixir can also be obtained by financial resources, but the Danfang and alchemist are even more rare. ”

"After all, no one is willing to sell this kind of thing under normal circumstances, and even if it is taken out and sold, the price will definitely not be low. ”

"As for the alchemists, it's even more, one or two alchemists are fine, if there are a lot of them, it doesn't mean that the cultivation can be cultivated in a short time, let alone hiring an alchemist, the cost is too great. ”

Li Aotian disagreed with Lin Lan's statement.

"Aotian, you can't say that you are wrong in thinking like this, because you are thinking about the problem from your personal standpoint, but I am different from you, I am from the standpoint of the family. ”

"My Lin family sells pills for profit, and the source of profit is the general public in the cultivation world, so we don't have such high requirements for Danfang and alchemists. ”

"Let me tell you this, most of the pills sold by our Lin family, including the other major families in Wood Spirit City, are commonly used in the cultivation world, and these pills are not of high rank, they are nothing more than some low-level pills that heal, cultivate, and restore the true element, and we rely on quantity to earn profits, not high quality, can you understand when I say this?"

Lin Lan asked tentatively.

"I probably understand a little, that is to say, you don't need to cultivate too many high-level alchemists, nor do you need too many high-level pills, because you are pursuing the quantity of low-level pills, so for you, the raw materials required for alchemy are the most important. ”

Li Aotian suddenly realized.

"Yes, that's what it means, if you think about it, a healing elixir, if it needs to be continuously refined, then it will naturally need a steady stream of alchemy materials, to put it bluntly, it is the same spirit grass and elixir. ”

"Because the amount needed is too large, if you ask for external purchases, you can't get the required amount at all, so in order to deal with this situation, the major families in Wood Spirit City basically cultivate their own medicinal fields and cultivate the spiritual herbs and elixirs needed for cultivation. ”

"The Wood Spirit City is different from the ordinary cultivation city, it is built on an extremely high-quality wood attribute vein, there is a wood spirit mountain in the city, and the wood attribute vitality of the wood spirit mountain is extremely strong, which is very suitable for planting all kinds of elixirs. ”

"Since the establishment of Muling City, a large number of medicinal fields have been opened up on Muling Mountain, and these medicinal fields were later occupied by several major families in the city, and they have not changed until now. ”

"Let's put it this way, the reason why Wood Spirit City can be famous for selling pills in the entire continent is because of the existence of Wood Spirit Mountain, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Wood Spirit Mountain is the lifeblood of Wood Spirit City. ”

Lin Lan explained carefully to Li Aotian.

"I see... So what does Qiu Yue have to do with this?"

Li Aotian still couldn't figure it out.

"Don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly, it just so happens that I also wanted to ask you for help in this matter. ”

"As I just said, the medicine field on Muling Mountain basically represents the lifeblood of Muling City, and this so-called lifeline has always been controlled by several major families in the city. ”

"Although they are jointly in charge of Muling Mountain, because of the distribution of the medicine field, several major families have not dealt with each other, and they have been fighting openly and secretly for I don't know how many years, which naturally includes my Lin family. ”

"My Lin family is different from the other four families, we are not a native of Wood Spirit City, but we moved to Wood Spirit City later, and it is precisely because of this that my Lin family wasted a lot of effort to win the ownership of a small part of the medicine field from the hands of the four major families. ”

"It is with that small part of the medicine field that my Lin family was able to gain a foothold from Muling City later, and it was also beautiful for a while, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and there were some changes in my Lin family decades ago, which caused the strength of the clan to plummet, and the small part of the medicine field on Muling Mountain was also recaptured by the four major families. ”

"I was already in a trough, and I lost the medicine field that could be called the lifeblood of the family, my Lin family has had a more difficult time since then, although it is still one of the five major families in Wood Spirit City on the surface, but in fact, the gap between it and the other four major families is getting bigger and bigger. ”

"Just when my Lin family was in extreme decline, someone from the Dongfang family, the largest family in Muling City, suddenly came to the door to propose marriage, but it was Dongfang Aoki, the second son of Dongfang Hong, the head of the Dongfang family, who fell in love with Qiu Ning. ”

"The relationship between my Lin family and the Dongfang family is not good, at first my Lin family refused to this marriage, but later the Dongfang family proposed to give me a part of the medicinal field of Muling Mountain as a dowry gift to the Lin family, and those old guys in the clan changed their attitude, after all, the medicinal field of Muling Mountain is the hope that my Lin family can regain its glory. ”

But what no one thought about was that Qiu Ning's girl swore to death and was unwilling to marry Dongfang Aoki, so she quarreled a few times with those old guys in the clan, and even forced each other with her life. ”

Lin Lan subconsciously paused when she said this, and for some reason, her mood looked a little low.

"Because of this, Qiu Ning ran away from home later?"

Li Aotian said with a strange expression.

"It would be good if things were really that simple, although Qiu Ning didn't want to marry Dongfang Aoki, but those old guys in the clan persuaded my father and eldest brother for the sake of the family, my eldest brother had no choice, so he sealed Qiu Ning's cultivation and forcibly forced her to marry into the Dongfang family. ”

"I thought that everything was settled, but what no one expected was that the strong man of the Dongfang family came out of the nest that night, and brought Dongfang Aoki's body with him, saying that Qiu Ning girl killed Dongfang Aoki in a sneak attack on the night of the cave room, and absconded in fear of crime. ”

Lin Lan said with a wry smile.

"Didn't you say that Qiu Ning was sealed and cultivated, how could she still kill Dongfang Aoki and escape from Dongfang's house smoothly?"

Li Aotian said a little incredulously.

"Yes, you also think it's impossible, my eldest brother also thought it was impossible at the time, and later learned that my sister-in-law did all this in secret. ”

"My sister-in-law loves her daughter very much, before Qiu Ning got married, she secretly lifted the seal in Qiu Ning's body, and also gave Qiu Ning a Xiyuan Pill, so that Qiu Ning completely concealed the true yuan breath on her body, so that outsiders would not notice that Qiu Ning had lifted the seal. ”

"That Dongfang Aoki was also defenseless, he thought that Qiu Ning, who had been sealed and cultivated, could only be at his mercy, but he never thought that Qiu Ning would suddenly strike through the dantian and die on the spot. ”

Lin Lan sighed softly.

"This story is really getting more and more exciting, then later, Dongfang Aoki died, and the Dongfang family shouldn't let go of your Lin family easily. ”

Li Aotian continued to ask.

"That's natural, that night the Dongfang family forced my Lin family to give an explanation, otherwise they would have to fight to the death with my Lin family. ”

"I was forced to have no choice, my sister-in-law took the initiative to stand up and explain everything, and then committed suicide in public to apologize. ”

Qiu Ning later learned about this and felt very remorseful in her heart, she felt that the reason for her mother's death was because my Lin family forced her to marry into the Dongfang family, otherwise, there would be no subsequent things at all. ”

It is precisely because of this that Qiu Ning has fallen out with the family since then, and said that she is no longer a member of the Lin family and will never return to the Lin family. ”

"Alas, I really didn't expect that she would change her name to Qiuyue all these years and hide in the True Thunder Sect in the northwest of the continent, if she hadn't come to you today, I wouldn't have thought that I would be able to see her again. ”

Lin Lan couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I don't know that so many things happened to Qiu Yue, as for her hiding in the True Thunder Sect, it's understandable, after all, if she killed Dongfang Aoki and stayed in the middle of this continent, no one can guarantee that she will not be discovered by the Dongfang family. ”

"But what I don't understand is that your Lin family and the Wang family are in-laws, why didn't the Wang family lend a helping hand when your Lin family declined, with the strength of the Wang family, as long as you are willing to help, your Lin family will not be forced to marry the Dongfang family in the first place." ”

Li Aotian was a little puzzled.

"How so... There is nothing wrong with the relationship between my Lin family and the Wang family as in-laws, but at that time, your uncle was plotted that it was difficult to protect himself, and his status in the Wang family could be said to have plummeted, how could the Wang family vigorously help my Lin family. ”

"In addition, you don't know, the Dongfang family is friendly with the Shi family among the top ten families, and the Shi family and the Long family are allies, once my Wang family intervenes in the affairs of Muling City, the Shi family and the Long family will definitely not stand idly by. ”

"Let's just say this, Dongfang Aoki's death, the reason why the Dongfang family didn't die and held on to my Lin family is because of the face of the Wang family, otherwise, with the strength of the Dongfang family, how could I give up because my sister-in-law committed suicide and apologized. ”

Lin Lan explained with a wry smile.

"I see... By the way, just now my aunt said that there was something she wanted me to help, I don't know what it was, do you want me to help persuade Qiu Ning to go back to your Lin family, if that's the case, then you might as well find someone else, I don't have the time to take care of other people's family affairs. ”

Li Aotian looked embarrassed.

Lin Lan shook her head with a smile when she heard this: "Aotian, you misunderstood, although I know that you have a great friendship with Qiu Ning, but even I can't persuade this kind of thing, it is useless for you to persuade naturally, I have just secretly asked people to go to Muling City to find my eldest brother, if nothing happens, my eldest brother will be able to arrive tonight, and let their father and daughter solve it by themselves when the time comes." ”

"That's the best, I'm good at killing, but I'm not good at persuading... Then since it's not for Qiu Ning, then my aunt must want me to help your Lin family regain its glory, right?"

Li Aotian guessed with a smile.

"It's... It really has something to do with this..."

Lin Lan said a little embarrassed.

"If that's the case, then there's no need for my aunt to look for me, now the power of the Wang family is in the hands of Yan'er, just a wood spirit city, with the strength of the Wang family, it's not easy to take it down." ”

Li Aotian said disapprovingly.

"I can't hide it, I discussed this matter with Yan'er as early as during your retreat, but Yan'er said that I want to ask for your opinion, after all, take the Dongfang family as an example, there is the backer of the Shi family behind it, and the Shi family and the Long family are allies. ”

Lin Lan said with some embarrassment.

"If it's just because of this, then there is no need to worry about it at all, just a historian, I haven't paid attention to it yet, as for the so-called family alliance of the Long family, once the grand meeting of the ten clans passes, whether it can continue to exist in the cultivation world, it is still unknown. ”

Li Aotian said with a smile.

"Are you trying to make a move on the Long family?"

Hearing the deep meaning of Li Aotian's words, Lin Lan said with a shocked face.

Li Aotian smiled mysteriously when he heard this: "You will know this when the time comes, aunt, if there is something about Muling City, aunt, you can do it according to your ideas, and I will let Yan'er use the power of the Wang family to cooperate with you." ”

"Since you have said so, then I will thank you on behalf of my Lin family, in addition, I have one more thing I want you to help with, of course, if you feel a little embarrassed about this matter, I will not force it. ”

Lin Lan hesitated slightly, and then said.

"There's something else.... But my aunt said it was okay. ”

Although Li Aotian was a little unhappy about Lin Lan's lack of greed, he still didn't turn his face for the sake of Ziyan's face.

"This matter is related to the core secret of my Lin family, no matter whether you can help in the end or not, I hope you will keep it secret for me no matter what. ”

Lin Lan instructed with a solemn expression, and the divine sense she deliberately used to transmit the sound was extremely cautious.

Seeing that Lin Lan didn't seem to be joking, Li Aotian nodded without thinking, he was very curious about what the so-called core secret of the Lin family was, and he didn't let it be passed on.

"Here's the thing, the reason why my Lin family went from prosperity to decline in Wood Spirit City was mainly because the inheritance of the clan's treasure Yimu Pregnant Spirit Pot was snatched away, and I want to ask you to help my Lin family take this treasure back. ”

Lin Lan said with a pleading voice on her face.

"What kind of magic weapon is this, losing it has such a great impact on your Lin family!"

Li Aotian asked in detail.

"This is an ancient secret treasure, the ancestor of my Lin family originally obtained it from an ancient cultivator's cave, although this treasure is broken, but it can still be used, and the effect is extremely against the sky, it can transform the medicinal essence contained in the spirit herb elixir into a strange spiritual liquid, this spiritual liquid can give birth to the growth of the elixir!"

Lin Lan explained mysteriously.

"What does it mean to be able to give birth to elixir growth, and what kind of birth method?"

Li Aotian asked curiously.

"To put it simply, it can make the elixir mature quickly in a short period of time, just like an elixir that is only a few years old, just a drop of the life-giving elixir can make it achieve a hundred-year growth effect!"

Lin Lan explained in detail.

"What! There is still such a magic weapon in this world, this... This is simply against the laws of heaven, how is this possible!"

Although he thinks he is well-informed, it is the first time that Li Aotian has heard that there is a magic weapon that can quickly ripen the elixir, which completely subverts his cognition......